State Prison Inmate Found Dead On New Year's Eve

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INDIANA, Pa. (KDKA) -- Authorities are investigating after an inmate was found unresponsive and died at one of the state's correctional facilities on New Year's Day.

According to investigators, Luis Santiago was found unresponsive at SCI Pine Grove in Indiana County.

Santiago, an inmate at the prison, was serving a 2½- to 10-year sentence for aggravated assault with serious bodily injury out of Berks County.

He was taken to Indiana Regional Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 11:35 p.m.

The coroner listed Santiago's cause of death as "trauma at the hands of another."

Officials say they are interviewing the victim's cellmate.